Ahmed Ramzy

Ahmed Ramzy ✨🎬

(1930–2012)

An iconic Egyptian actor known for his roles as the charming and rebellious young man during the golden age of Egyptian cinema.

📌 Personal Information

📛 Full Name: Ramzy Mahmoud Bayoumi Masoud

🎂 Date of Birth: March 23, 1930

📍 Place of Birth: Alexandria, Egypt 🇪🇬

🕊️ Date of Death: September 28, 2012 (aged 82)

📍 Place of Death: North Coast, Matrouh, Egypt

⚰️ Cause of Death: Stroke

🌍 Nationality: 🇪🇬 Egyptian – 🇬🇧 British

❤️ Spouses:

Atiya El-Dermally 💍

Nagwa Fouad 💃

Nicole (a foreign woman)

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Children: Pakinam, Naela, Nawaf

🎓 Education & Career

🏫 Education:

Orman School 📚

Victoria College 🏫

Studied medicine, then switched to commerce and earned a bachelor’s degree 🎓

🎭 Profession: Film & television actor

🗣️ Languages:

Egyptian Arabic 🇪🇬

English 🇬🇧

⏳ Years Active: 1955 – 2007

🎬 Early Career

🔹 Dreamed of acting from a young age and was a close friend of actor Omar Sharif 🤝

🔹 Met director Youssef Chahine but didn’t land a role initially 🎥

🔹 While at a 🎱 billiards hall, he was noticed by director Helmy Halim, who offered him an acting role

🔹 His breakthrough was in Ayyamna El-Helwa (Our Good Days, 1955) alongside Omar Sharif and Abdel Halim Hafez 🎶

🎭 Retirement & Comeback

✔️ Retired in the 1970s due to the rise of new stars like Nour El-Sherif, Mahmoud Yassin, and Mahmoud Abdel Aziz ⭐

✔️ Returned in the 1990s after losing money in a failed shipbuilding business 🚢

✔️ Participated in several films and TV series, including:

Desert Cat (1995) 🏜️

The Red Rose (2001) 🌹

Face of the Moon (2000) with Faten Hamama 🌙

Hanan & Haneen (2007) with Omar Sharif 👴🎭

🕊️ Death

📅 On September 28, 2012, he suffered a stroke while 🚿 performing ablution for Asr prayer.

🕌 His funeral took place in North Coast, as per his last wishes.

🎥 Notable Works

📽️ Movies:

🎞️ Ibn Hamido (1957) 🚤

🎞️ Tamr Henna (1957) 🌿

🎞️ El Wessada El Khalia (The Empty Pillow, 1957) 💔

🎞️ El-Nazara El-Sawdaa (The Black Sunglasses, 1963) 🕶️

🎞️ A’ilat Zizi (Zizi’s Family, 1963) 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

🎞️ Tharthara Fawq El-Nil (Gossip on the Nile, 1971) 🌊

🎞️ Al-Abtal (The Heroes, 1974) 🦸‍♂️

🎞️ Al-Bahth An Fadiha (Searching for a Scandal, 1973) 🕵️‍♂️

🎞️ El-Hob Taht El-Matar (Love Under the Rain, 1975) ☔

📺 TV Series:

📺 A Story Behind Every Door (1979) 🚪

📺 Face of the Moon (2000) 🌙

📺 Hanan & Haneen (2007) 💖

🔍 Facts & Secrets

⭐ His mother was Scottish 🇬🇧

⭐ Skilled athlete in boxing 🥊 and swimming 🏊

⭐ Starred in 100 films within just 20 years 🎞️

⭐ Went bankrupt due to the Gulf War crisis 🌍🔥

🌟 Ahmed Ramzy remains a legend of Egyptian cinema, an icon of elegance, and a symbol of everlasting youth. 🎩🎭